It is a part if a hose bib. It fits underneath the male end.

Keith R. Doms
Newlin Grist Mill 
Site Manager
219 S. Cheyney Rd.
Glen Mills, PA  19342
(610) 459-2359
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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Cross, Matthew
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 3:32 PM
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Subject: Unknown Gear

HistArch:

Does anybody recognize this? Maybe a gear? It appears to be lacquered brass. It was found in a western Illinois house cellar in a ca. 1840-1870 occupation context.
http://s1153.photobucket.com/user/mecross/media/P1080329_zps890b689a.jpg.html
http://s1153.photobucket.com/user/mecross/media/P1080331_zpsfba96384.jpg.html

Thanks.

-Matt
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Matthew E. Cross
Archaeological Assistant - Historic Section

Illinois State Archaeological Survey
Prairie Research Institute
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
209 Nuclear Physics Lab, MC-571
23 East Stadium Drive
Champaign, IL 61820

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